Reflect some of the ways that you want to assess your students, i.e. monitor their level of understanding what you're teaching.
To asses the students, I will use a question of the day that will be presented on the board to the students at the start of the class. This question will either be a review of past material or a critical thinking question designed to incorporate previous material and current thought on a relevant topic. Projects and activities are the main form of active learning assessments, and will present themselves nearly every period. Since my unit will be on evolution, I am planning on using worksheets with visual images depicting an evolving island secies, an informal lab designed to emphasize natural selection, and a research/ poster group presentation. Other than that, I will have quizzes every week or so to give me some summative assessment on the progress of the class. Homework will be given almost every night, and will give me an idea of their progress as weel as give me an opportunity toi assess if I need to reviwe certain topics. A unit test will be given at the end of the unit and of my student teaching.
Describe your grading policy, i.e. how you will assign scores to represent performance. Explain why you are choosing to use this method. If you are continuing your CT's grading policy, explain what you feel are the strengths and weaknesses of this approach.
Questions of the day will be worth 3 points and will be accumulated throughout the quarter to be used as a full test grade. This gives the students some reinforcement to get bto class everyday and consider the weight of the questions as important entities. Quizzes will be worth 10-15 pts, the projects will be worth 50 points, and the assignments/ worksheets/. homework will vary based upon the importance and the breadth of the assignment 10-20 pts). The test will consist of 100 pts. This approach is very similar to that of my CT, and I like it because it allows students the oportunity to make their grade sufficient even when they are not a very good science student. As long as they put in effort to complete assignments, and show effort, they will pass the class. The QOD equalling a test grade is very useful for students that are struggling, as it usually boostrsa their grade significantly by the end of the quarter. The only weakness is the homework grading. I have noticed students turning their homework in late constantly. The school has a policy on late work (20%-1day, 30%-2days, 40%-3 days, 50 % over 4 days late). A late policy is needed, but it also drops trhe grades down of the students significantly, especially if they are stuggling. Overall though, I like this method and think it accurately depicts the efforts of the students and is easy to understand by them.
Reflect some of the ways that you want to assess your students, i.e. monitor their level of understanding what you're teaching.
To asses the students, I will use a question of the day that will be presented on the board to the students at the start of the class. This question will either be a review of past material or a critical thinking question designed to incorporate previous material and current thought on a relevant topic. Projects and activities are the main form of active learning assessments, and will present themselves nearly every period. Since my unit will be on evolution, I am planning on using worksheets with visual images depicting an evolving island secies, an informal lab designed to emphasize natural selection, and a research/ poster group presentation. Other than that, I will have quizzes every week or so to give me some summative assessment on the progress of the class. Homework will be given almost every night, and will give me an idea of their progress as weel as give me an opportunity toi assess if I need to reviwe certain topics. A unit test will be given at the end of the unit and of my student teaching.
Describe your grading policy, i.e. how you will assign scores to represent performance. Explain why you are choosing to use this method. If you are continuing your CT's grading policy, explain what you feel are the strengths and weaknesses of this approach.
Questions of the day will be worth 3 points and will be accumulated throughout the quarter to be used as a full test grade. This gives the students some reinforcement to get bto class everyday and consider the weight of the questions as important entities. Quizzes will be worth 10-15 pts, the projects will be worth 50 points, and the assignments/ worksheets/. homework will vary based upon the importance and the breadth of the assignment 10-20 pts). The test will consist of 100 pts. This approach is very similar to that of my CT, and I like it because it allows students the oportunity to make their grade sufficient even when they are not a very good science student. As long as they put in effort to complete assignments, and show effort, they will pass the class. The QOD equalling a test grade is very useful for students that are struggling, as it usually boostrsa their grade significantly by the end of the quarter. The only weakness is the homework grading. I have noticed students turning their homework in late constantly. The school has a policy on late work (20%-1day, 30%-2days, 40%-3 days, 50 % over 4 days late). A late policy is needed, but it also drops trhe grades down of the students significantly, especially if they are stuggling. Overall though, I like this method and think it accurately depicts the efforts of the students and is easy to understand by them.